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Full Moon… a Supermoon!

Well, along with extreme temperatures we have a beautiful full moon in the night sky. With hot days, the sky is very clear unless of course you’re in one of the areas where the wildfires are burning. We’re holding special thoughts of safety for you all.

The moon does have its own special beauty. As you’ll notice posted below is a beautiful picture of the full moon and the Space Needle. It looks like if you were having dinner there, you could just reach out the window and touch the moon… how cool is that!

So I mentioned that it’s a supermoon this month and actually there will be THREE supermoons in the months ahead, July 12, August 10 and September 9.

According to this article by Tyler McCarthy at the Huffington Post, this is the definition of a supermoon, “A supermoon, also known as a “perigee moon,” occurs when a moon turns full around the same time it reaches “perigee,” the closest point to Earth along its elliptical orbit.”

But what does close mean? 222,611 miles away. Well, that might be relatively close in the solar system, but it’s not like going next door to borrow a cup of sugar from your neighbor.

So this month’s full moon was in ‘full bloom’ about 7:25 a.m. EDT this morning. The beauty of the full moon though is that it will be a wonderful show again tonight.

Remember to circle those dates on your calendars… August 10 and September 9. It’s going to be a really big show!

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